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Research Grants

Grants awarded as principal investigator



Funding Source and Project Title

Amount
per year

Years of tenure
(inclusive)

From To
Applied for renewal October 2011:
Government of Canada, Canada Research Chairs Program - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in "Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization under Uncertainty"
Total cash value: $1,400,000 		$200,000
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2012 Leo Derikx Synergy Award for Innovation (Visit website)
Sustainable mineral resource development and optimization with uncertainty
With: AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton Canada, De Beers Canada, Newmont Mining, Vale
Total cash value: $200,000 		$200,000 2011 Open ended
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Collaborative Research Development Grant
Developing new global stochastic optimization and high-order stochastic models for optimizing mining complexes with uncertainty
Industry collaborators: AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton Canada, De Beers Canada, Newmont Mining, Vale ($240,000/year in-cash)
Total cash value: $2,700,000 		$540,000 2011 2015
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Discovery Grant
Sustainable development and utilization of mineral resources: A stochastic mine planning optimization framework with uncertain metal supply & market demand
Total cash value: $270,000 		$54,000 2011 2016
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Collaborative Research Development Grant
Developing a new probabilistic network flow framework and high-order stochastic models for open pit mine design and production scheduling
Industry collaborator: BHP Billiton ($160,000/year)
Total cash value: $1,680,000 		$355,000 2006 2011
COSMO- Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory
(Consortium: AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton, De Beers, Newmont Mining, Vale)
 - 2006 2016
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Discovery Grant
Stochastic models and optimization for mine planning with uncertain mineral supply and demand- towards sustainable mineral resource development
Total cash value: $136,500 		$27,300 2006 2011
Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Grant 202310
Collaboration Facility for the Computational Modelling and Visualization of Risk in Sustainable Mineral Resource Development, Optimization and Planning
Industry collaborator: BHP Billiton
Total cash value: $250,000 		$125,000 2005 2006
Government of Canada, Canada Research Chair in "Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization under Uncertainty"
Total cash value: $1,400,000 		$200,000 2005 2012
Australian Research Council (ARC), Grant LP0348798
Development of a new stochastic short-term production scheduling optimisation approach for open pit metal mines
Industry collaborators: Rio Tinto and AngloGold Ashanti
*Stopped in January 2005, due to relocation to McGill University
Total cash value: $610,000 		$205,000 2004 2006*
University of Queensland / Australian Research Council
Research Infrastructure Grant
Total cash value: $210,000 		$210,000 2002 2002
Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant LP0211446
Uncertainty and risk quantifying optimisation for open pit mine design and production scheduling
Industry collaborators: BHP Billiton and MIM
Total cash value: $575,000 		$195,000 2002 2004
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), Grant
Quantification of uncertainty and risk assessment in coal reserve classification
Industry collaborators: BMA, MIM, Coal Allied (RioTinto), Anglo Coal
Total cash value: $235,000 		$167,500 2002 2003
Research Project Geostatistical simulations for mining: uncertainty models, risk analysis and optimisation of mining operations
Sponsors: BHP Billiton, MIM, Anaconda, AngloGold, RioTinto, WMC, Pasminco, Highlands Pacific
Total cash value: $185,000 		$92,500 2000 2001
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP),
Seam gas and fault uncertainty (3 months);
Part of Grant Supermodel awarded to J. Esterle, CSIRO 		$35,000 2000 2000
University of Queensland
Research Infrastructure Grant 		$50,000 1999 1999
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), Grant
Down hole geophysical logging 		$30,000 1998 1998
Carpenteria Gold, Mount Isa Holdings
Profitability based grade control systems (6 month project) 		$32,000 1998 1998
Australian Research Council (ARC) C89804477
General optimisation and uncertainty assessment of open pit design and production scheduling
Industry collaborators: WMC, KCGM, Whittle Programming
Total cash value: $555,000 		$186,600 1998 2000
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) Grant
Quantification of fault uncertainty and risk management in underground coal mining
Industry collaborators: Shell Coal, MIM (Newlands Mine) 		$90,000 1997 1998
University of Queensland / Australian Research Council
Research Infrastructure Grant 		$200,000 1997 1997
Corporate Research Centre for Mining Technology & Equipment
Ore texture modelling 		$50,000 1997 1997
University of Queensland
Development Grant
Total cash value: $450,000 		$150,000 1996 1998
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research (Operating) Grant # OGP0105803
Spatiotemporal stochastic conditional simulations 		$16,700 1994/5 1997/8
Grant, Energy Mines and Resources Canada - Geological Survey of Canada $5,000 1993 1993
Geostatistics for the Next Century International FORUM
BP, IAMG, CAMECO, URANERZ, DeBEERS, INCO, NACOG. 		$20,000 1992 1992
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Operating Grant # OGP0105803
Development of spatio-temporal stochastic models 		$19,000 1991/2 1993/4
Dept. of Mining & Metallurgical Eng., McGill University
(professional development activity)
Expert systems in mining 		$3,500 1991 1992
Research Grant for M.Sc. thesis project at the University of Alberta, Alberta Research Council - Alberta Geological Survey $2,000 1984 1984

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